Bottas claims maiden F1 victory

Valtteri Bottas won the Russian Grand Prix to score his maiden Formula One victory by .617 of a second over Scuderia Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. The result came after 81 races in Formula One, but only his fourth with Mercedes. The Finn took over Nico Rosberg's seat at Mercedes, after The German retired at the end of the 2016 season.

Bottas' triumph also kept Mercedes’ record at Sochi Autodrom intact, as the manufacturer won all the Russian GP to date, in 2014 and 2015 with Lewis Hamilton and the 2016 race with Rosberg.

Race results:

1.

V. Bottas

Mercedes

1:28:08.743

2.

S. Vettel

Ferrari

+0.617

3.

K. Raikkonen

Ferrari

+11.000

4.

L. Hamilton

Mercedes

+36.320

5.

M. Verstappen

Red Bull

+1:00.416

6.

S. Perez

Force India

+1:26.788

7.

E. Ocon

Force India

+1:35.004

8.

N. Hulkenberg

Renault

+1:36.188

9.

F. Massa

Williams

+1 Lap

10.

C. Sainz Jr.

Toro Rosso

+1 Lap

11.

L. Stroll

Williams

+1 Lap

12.

D. Kvyat

Toro Rosso

+1 Lap

13.

K. Magnussen

Haas

+1 Lap

14.

S. Vandoorne

McLaren

+1 Lap

15.

M. Ericsson

Sauber

+1 Lap

16.

P. Wehrlein

Sauber

+1 Lap

DNF

17.

D. Ricciardo

Red Bull

+47 Laps

18.

J. Palmer

Renault

+52 Laps

19.

R. Grosjean

Haas

+52 Laps

20.

F. Alonso

McLaren

+52 Laps

Formula One takes a weekend off before returning to action on May 12-14, for the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya.